Logic/Brain Teasers
What has hands but can’t clap?
What is a clock?
He’s earning Ivy League cred at Penn, escaped our jokes about unemployment, and has ghosted his old crew so well, we might need a search party. Who am I?
Who is Sid Mandayam?
During Diwali, families traditionally light these small oil-filled items to symbolize the victory of light over darkness.
What are diyas (oil lamps)?
This European capital city is one of only two in the world that lies on two continents.
What is Istanbul?
In Harry Potter, this object is used to store fragments of a wizard’s soul.
What is a Horcrux?
Three doctors say Robert is their brother, but Robert says he has no brothers. How is this possible?
The doctors are his sisters
I’m worth a million, but don’t count me in cash. Vikas might be chasing me forever. Pair that with a common last name, and you’ll find me. Who am I?
Who is Mili Patel?
During Diwali, families often decorate their homes with these colorful, intricate patterns made from colored powders or rice.
What are rangoli?
In 1957, the Soviet Union launched this first artificial Earth satellite.
What is Sputnik 1?
In Friends, what is the name of Ross’s second wife?
Double Jeopardy!
Who is Emily?
You have a 3-gallon jug and a 5-gallon jug and unlimited water. How do you measure exactly 4 gallons?
Double Jeopardy!!
Fill the 5-gallon jug, pour into the 3-gallon jug until it’s full, leaving 2 gallons in the 5-gallon jug. Empty the 3-gallon jug, pour the 2 gallons into it, then fill the 5-gallon jug again and top off the 3-gallon jug. The water left in the 5-gallon jug is exactly 4 gallons.
This Kenyan counts digits by day at a Wall Street giant, is universally liked, and if fun were a stock, he’d always be bullish. Who am I?
Who is Kiprotich?
In many European countries, children leave their shoes out on December 5th, a tradition associated with this saint.
Who is Saint Nicholas?
This tiny European country is entirely landlocked by Switzerland.
Double Jeopardy!!!
What is Liechtenstein?
Of all the movies Ben Affleck and Matt Damon have acted in together, this 1997 film is the only one they also co-wrote.
What is Good Will Hunting?
A farmer needs to cross a river with a wolf, a goat, and a cabbage. He can only carry one at a time. If left alone, the wolf will eat the goat, and the goat will eat the cabbage. How does he get all three across safely?
Take the goat across first, return alone, take the wolf across, bring the goat back, take the cabbage across, return alone, then take the goat across again.
Half African, full soccer fan, Arsenal runs through his veins, and some of you might recall a fleeting cameo at the Poconos. Who am I?
Who is Sahil?
This Christmas carol, composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr, was first performed in an Austrian village called Oberndorf.
What is Silent Night?
After its founding in 1946, the Cannes Film Festival was delayed until 1947 because of post–World War II reconstruction; this Italian festival was originally the event it was meant to rival.
What is the Venice Film Festival?
[Marvel] This Infinity Stone was hidden inside the Tesseract before being removed by Thanos.
What is the Space Stone?
You have two ropes and a lighter. Each rope burns for exactly one hour, but not at a uniform rate (one half might burn in 5 minutes, the other half in 55). How can you measure exactly 45 minutes?
Light Rope 1 at both ends and Rope 2 at one end at the same time. When Rope 1 burns out completely (30 minutes), light the other end of Rope 2. It will then burn in 15 minutes, giving exactly 45 minutes total.
She "circles" my office with authority, manages the team with style, has a loaded resume (and bank account), and embodies the ultimate girl boss energy. Who am I?
+100 for the last name
Who is Rachel Mayer?
January 1st became widely recognized as New Year’s Day in Europe after the adoption of this calendar, introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in the 16th century.
What is the Gregorian calendar?
This 1913 act of Congress created a central banking system in the United States, following a secret meeting on Jekyll Island where leading financiers and policymakers designed its framework.
What is the Federal Reserve Act?
In Interstellar, Cooper communicates quantum data to Murph by manipulating a watch in her bedroom. What physical phenomenon allows him to do this across time?
What is gravity?